The leading OTA acknowledges that signing of direct contracts with hotels isn’t a straightforward task in overseas markets. But the team is expanding in early days of Ctrip’s globalization.
Baidu, Alibaba and Tencent are eager for a slice of the Wi-Fi market as a POE, a source of users and customer behavior data and rich app showplace.
Countries around the world are setting up official accounts in Chinese SNS app Wechat and blog Weibo in an effort to attract Chinese tourism.
Major appliance retail chain Guomei has announced it will launch an online hotel booking service in the near future.
As a B2B specialist, Kuoni is looking at several opportunities, including capitalizing on the capabilities of different partners in China in order to increase the visibility of its offerings.
Tuniu is banking on its decision to expand regionally, and this is being accelerated post JD.com’s decision to be the largest shareholder in the company.
eLong has over the years diligently focused on growing its lodging business, crossing 34m-mark room nights at the end of last year. Post the exit of Expedia, eLong is now set for a new chapter.
HNA has signed a partnership agreement with Netease’s subsidiary Lede Technology in Hangzhou to form a new online travel company.